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McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices

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NEW YORK, NY 10173-1922
NEW YORK
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Mr Thomas Dawson

Work Department
Insurance/ Corporate & Transactional
Position
Partner Thomas M. Dawson represents US and non-US insurers on regulatory, licensing and corporate matters.
Tom advises industry participants on a wide variety of regulatory and transactional matters, including cybersecurity compliance, insurtech ventures and Holding Company Act filings. He has helped clients form, acquire and invest in US insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries. He counsels non-insurers on advertising, licensing and marketing generally, and provides regulatory compliance advice to service contract issuers and other specialty product providers.
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
McDermott Will & Emery LLP‘s insurance team brings seasoned expertise to transactional, regulatory, and dispute resolution matters. Supported by a cross-border team, it offers practical support to insurers, private equity investors, and holding companies, guiding them through sales, purchases, and mergers while navigating regulatory complexities. The team also specializes in insurtech, tackling challenges such as multi-state regulatory approvals, cybersecurity, social media, intellectual property, and big data ownership. Based in New York, Michael Halsband leads the practice, bringing deep experience covering a wide array of areas within the insurance industry, from insurance broker and carrier M&A to new company formation, capital raises, complex structured transactions, and insurance-linked securities. Supporting the practice from New York, Michael Byrne represents domestic and international clients in change of control transactions, licensing and structuring, product development, and regulatory approvals, while also being a recognized leader in the insurtech space. Additionally, Thomas Dawson serves as a trusted advisor on regulatory approvals and compliance matters, with a particular focus on ESG issues, further enhancing the team’s capabilities.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech